SPAIN

Question 1

How long does Crianza need to age?

Answer 1

2 years

Question 2

How long does Reserva need to age?

Answer 2

Reds - 3 years

Whites - 2 years

Question 3

How long does Gran Reserva need to age?

Answer 3

Reds - 5 years

Whites - 3 years

Question 4

What is the most important grape in the Rioja DOC?

Answer 4

Tempranillo

Question 5

What kind of wines does the Rioja DOC produce? What grapes are they based off?

Answer 5

Full bodied reds based on Tempranillo, blended with Garnacha
Whites from Viura
Rosé from Garnacha (co)

Question 6

What are the DOs for Castilla Y Leon?

Answer 6

Rueda, Ribero del Duero, Toro, Bierzo

Question 7

What does Rueda DO produce?

Answer 7

Dry whites only from the Verdejo grape

Question 8

What does Ribera del Duero produce?

Answer 8

Tempranillo reds only

Question 9

What does the Toro DO produce?

Answer 9

Tempranillo reds only

Question 10

What does the Bierzo DO produce?

Answer 10

Dry reds from Mencia grape

Question 11

What are the DOC/DOs of Cataluña?

Answer 11

Priorat DOC, Penedes DO (Cava DO)

Question 12

What does Priorat produce?

Answer 12

High quality reds from Garnacha

Question 13

What does Penedes DO produce?

Answer 13

Cava and non-traditional wines

Question 14

What does the Cava DO produce and where is it located?

Answer 14

Champagne method, inside Penedes DO

Question 15

What does Galacia produce?

Answer 15

Dry whites from Albariño and Godello

Question 16

What is the DO inside of Galacia?

Answer 16

Rias Baixas

Question 17

What does the Rias Baixas produce?

Answer 17

Wines with a minimum of 70% Albariño

Question 18

If a wine is labeled Albariño, how much of the wine must be Albariño?

Answer 18

100%

Question 19

What does Rias Baixas pair well with?

Answer 19

Local zarzuela (fish stew)

Question 20

What is the DO in Sherry?

Answer 20

Jerez DO

Question 21

What is the main grape of the Jerez DO?

Answer 21

Palomino

Question 22

What kind of soil is the Palomino grape grown in?

Answer 22

Chalk

Question 23

Why is Sherry a non-vintage product?

Answer 23

Because it is produced through the Solera system

Question 24

What determines the style of Sherry?

Answer 24

The Flor

Question 25

What is Flor?

Answer 25

The layer of yeast that forms on top of wine near the Atlantic that prevents it from oxidizing

Question 26

What are the three different styles of Sherry?

Answer 26

Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso

Question 27

What are the characteristics of a Fino Sherry?

Answer 27

Bone dry, pale and fresh (represents a large majority of production)

Question 28

What does Fino pair well with?

Answer 28

Something salty like anchovies

Question 29

What are the two different kinds of Fino wine?

Answer 29

Manzanilla and En Rama

Question 30

What kind of Fino is Manzanilla?

Answer 30

The briniest

Question 31

What is En Rama Fino?

Answer 31

Fino that has been bottled with the yeast to develop more intensity

Question 32

What are the characteristics of Amontillado Sherry?

Answer 32

Starts as Fino and then it's oxidized. Making a dry Amber colored Sherry with a nutty flavor

Question 33

What would you pair Amontillado with?

Answer 33

Medium to rich food like mushroom soup

Question 34

What are the oldest and best Sherries?

Answer 34

VOS (20y) VORS (30y)

Question 35

What are the characteristics of Oloroso?

Answer 35

Never attacked by Flor, most are oxidized, mahogany colored

Question 36

What are the main red grapes of Spain?

Answer 36

TGM | Tempranillo, Garnacha and Monastrell

Question 37

What are the main white grapes from Spain?

Answer 37

VAV | Viura, Albariño, Verdejo

Question 38

Why are wines from the Rioja DOC special?

Answer 38

They all must be tasted and approved prior to release by the Consejo Regulador

Question 39

Base wine of Sherry is fermented to which alcohol percentage?

Answer 39

12-13%

Question 40

What is the Solera system?

Answer 40

A system of tiered barrels rotated and put into smaller barrels to add complexity and flavor to Sherry while it ages

Question 41

In the Solera system, what is Anada?

Answer 41

The top tier and youngest wine in the system

Question 42

In the Solera system, what is Criadera?

Answer 42

Every row below the top except for the bottom

Question 43

I'm the Solera system, what is Solera?

Answer 43

The bottom row (this is where 1/3rd of the wine is drawn and bottled)

Question 44

Dry Sherry should be served chilled, T/F?

Answer 44

True

Question 45

Sweet Sherry should be served chilled, T/F?

Answer 45

False, room temp

Question 46

List the classifications from youngest to oldest (Spain)

Answer 46

Cosecha/Robles, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva

Question 47

what is Spain's wine law known as?

Answer 47

Denominación de Origen

Question 48

What are the two DOC wine regions in Spain known for dry red wines?

Answer 48

Rioja and Priorat

Question 49

In Spain the quality of the wine is based on aging, T/F?

Answer 49

True

Question 50

Spain has what kind of climate?

Answer 50

Warm

Question 51

What quality do the Rioja wines need to have for the Rioja Regulating Council to release them?

Answer 51

All must be minimally translucent

Question 52

Catauluña has Spanish and French Vinifera, T/F?

Answer 52

True

Question 53

If a wine is labeled Riax Baixas, it can be assumed-

Answer 53

At least 70% is Albariño

Question 54

What varietals of Sherry are lowest in alcohol after fortification?

Answer 54

Manzanilla and Fino

Question 55

What grape is used to fortify all types of Sherry?

Answer 55

Aguardiente

Question 56

What is another way of saying Grenache? (Spain)

Answer 56

Garnacha

Question 57

What is another way of saying Mourvèdre? (Spain)

Answer 57

Monastrell